[1590–1600; son- + -ance]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dummy, investment, mission, squeeze, tea-ance is a suffix used to form nouns either from adjectives in -ant or from verbs. Other words that use the affix -ance include: compliance, dominance, finance, insurance, resonance
Examples of 'sonance' in a sentence
sonance
A negative correlation was found between workers' performance and accepted silence, defensive silence/sonance.
Ahmet Tayfun, Ozan Çatır 2013, 'Research About the Relation between Organizational Silence and the Performance ofWorkers', İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisihttp://isarder.org/isardercom/2013vol5issue3/vol.5_issue.3_article07full_text.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)